I am trying to identify the background on a silver serving piece I inherited. An expert in Scottish silver told me it is not from Scotland - but could perhaps be from England or the U.S. I inherited the piece from an elderly aunt (born 1895) who collected antiques.
Below is a URL of pictures of the piece, which is hollow-ware. It has been packed up for many years so it needs polishing. The expert on Scottish silver said that it may be a Queen Victoria Jubilee piece.
Julie, thanks for joining us here on silver-collector.com. I can’t find your mark in my American silver books, but I have a vague sense I’ve seen it before. Anyone else out there have a match for it?
Never thought of that, but again, I just have a vague notion when I first saw the mark that I’d seen it before. Assuming that is the only mark, you can be 99.9% sure it is not sterling, neither British or American. The British sterling marks are set by law and almost all American sterling will have the word “sterling” and/or “925” or “925/1000” on it. Let’s see if some of our silver collecting friends here have some clues.